Lucas, Roy, and Ryu DLC Now Available for Super Smash Bros, New Amiibo Revealed

Three more characters have joined the cast of Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS. Lucas from Mother 3, Roy from Fire Emblem, and Ryu from Street Fighter are all available for purchase now. Lucas and Roy make their long awaited returns from Brawl and Melee respectively with all of their familiar techniques intact. Ryu is the first entirely new character released as DLC and he is easily the most unique character to join the roster yet. While his special moves can be performed with the simple Smash inputs, using the more complex inputs from the Street Fighter games will result in much more powerful attacks. Performing a Shoryuken with SF inputs and hitting at just the right point can be an almost guaranteed kill. He can also perform light, medium, and heavy variants of all of his attacks based on how long you hold the button down. Finally, he is the first smasher to have two Final Smashes. Performing the Final Smash directly next to an opponent will perform the incredibly powerful Shin Shoryuken. Otherwise, he will fire of a massive Shinku Hadouken projectile. Ryu definitely looks to be one of the most insane and powerful characters yet.

Along with the new characters, there are also three new stages added to the game. The long-awaited Miiverse stage is available for free to all players. The stage is essentially a reskin of the the Battlefield stage with the addition of Miiverse messages from players all around the world appearing in the background. The brand new Suzaku Castle stage is based on Ryu’s stage from Street Fighter II and comes included with the purchase of Ryu. The stage has two layers of large, stable platforms to the right and two smaller platforms to the left. Finally, the Dream Land 64 stage from the original Super Smash Bros returns. It’s not the only stage to return from the first Smash Bros as Hyrule Castle and Peach’s Castle 64 are also set to be released as DLC, but they’ll both come at a later date.

Plenty of new outfits have also been released for the Mii Fighters. Along with the previously announced Splatoon outfits, there will be costumes based on Isabelle from Animal Crossing, Zero from Mega Man X, MegaMan.EXE from Mega Man Battle Network, Akira and Jacky from Virtua Fighter, and Heihachi from Tekken. Ironically, the recently revealed K. K. Slider costume is nowhere to be seen. The Mii Fighters will also be receiving their own amiibo figures. The figures themselves are based on the default designs used on the character select screen, but their appearances in-game can be customized to your liking. Along with the Miis, amiibo for R.O.B., Duck Hunt, Mr. Game & Watch, and Falco have also been revealed. The Mr. Game & Watch amiibo is of particular interest as it will include multiple poses that can be swapped out.

The Tournament mode is now in its testing phase and will be released in August. Lastly, there will be updates made to the replay function with Youtube intergration, allowing players to directly upload recordings of their matches online. You will need a Google account in order to use this function. Which of these announcements has you the most excited? What are you still hoping to see adding to Super Smash Bros in the future? Leave a comment below and let us know what you think.